Get out your Mickey Mouse autograph books out, star-fuckers. You might see Mexican heartthrob Diego Boneta (Rebelde), and Dancing with the Stars champion Julianne Hough ’round the Magic City next month. This May, Rock of Ages, the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, begins production in Miami. Never heard of…
Lay where you’re laying, don’t make a sound. The Kings of Leon movie may be coming to your town. Before KOL was a popular rock quartet, they were just three brothers and a cousin from the small Nashville suburb of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. They were raised by a Pentecostal preacher…
Forget paying your dues as a music blogger, or even majoring in a relevant art like creative writing, breaking into the entertainment industry has never been easier. MTV Tr3s and Subway are looking for “unique personalities to join Wisin y Yandel on tour” as “guest correspondents” for Lo Que Te…
The Florida Marlins kickoff their 2011 season against the New York Mets tonight, and while the game marks the last, first game the Fish will play at Sun Life Stadium, their home tank over the past 18 years, it may be the final home opener the Marlins have until 2013…
Mommar Gadhafi is way out of line these days. Know who could set his ass straight? The Daleks. You know, those alien fascist space tanks with shrill British accents from Doctor Who? At least Ben Thompson thinks so. And he should know: Thompson literally writes the books on badasses. Part…
Art Basel Fort Lauderdale? Yuck. But if the rumors are true, art snobs from around the globe will have to familiarize themselves with the 9-5-4. Basel organizers are close to inking a multimillion dollar deal with the Fort Lauderdale Convention Center, which could land the popular art fair some 31…
House of Pain at LIV April 1
Malibu’s most wanted, Jamie Kennedy, loves the 305. And on Friday, the veteran comic kicks off a three-day, five-show engagement at the Miami Improv. He’s out supporting his latest Showtime comedy special, Jamie Kennedy’s Uncomfortable, but promises fans at the Miami shows will get to hear new material. “(The special’s)…
People who use Vicks Inhalers are either (a) suffering from severe nasal congestion, or (b) rolling balls at Ultra Music Festival. Each year in March, we buy stock in Procter and Gamble, knowing very well that inhaler sales will skyrocket during the days leading up to the fest. And no,…
Crystal Castles Ultra Music Festival’s Live Stage March 27, 2011 Better Than: David Guetta at Ultra’s Main Stage. Alice Glass is so adorable. She’s so damn cute and Canadian I just want to pour maple syrup all over her skinny indie frame and eat her up like a mountain of…
Ultra Music Festival is for lovers. We saw so many cute raver couples giving each other little back rubs and blowing kisses at one another while dancing to the beat of house music. Some shared water bottles by pouring ice-cold H20 over their heads. Others professed their love for each…
Steve Aoki Ultra Music Festival’s Live Stage Bicentennial Park March 27, 2011 Better Than: A Benihana chef’s onion volcano. If you’re a sucker for hibachi like I am, then you probably already knew that Steve Aoki comes from Japanese Steakhouse royalty. His old man, the late Rocky Aoki, founded the…
If you’re at an all-day electro fest like Ultra Music Festival, then you have to dress the part. And this weekend, we saw it all. A dude dressed like Waldo, guys in latex, girls wearing little more than body paint, etc., etc., etc. But our favorite rave regalia accessory was…
Marley Fest and Ultra Music Festival — these two events have a lot in common. Both are in downtown Miami. Both attract an international crowd. And both are a safe haven for dreadlocks. At Marley Fest, the dreads are often genuine and found on smelly dudes. But at Ultra, they’re made of…
SLRs are the new iPods. And whether you have press credentials or not, a detachable lens is the hottest accessory at Ultra Music Festival. Want to meet girls? Buy a camera. Want to sneak past security and into the photo pit? Buy a camera. Want to sweat your ass off…
Sunday, a day typically reserved for Jesus. And if I were a praying man, I’d probably throw on a pair of kakis and confess that I was involved in a massive seaside dry-hump last night. Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. Over the course of seven hours, this indie…
Last night at the Fixed Freakout, Marcus Lambkin’s Shit Robot Show made its Miami debut at the Vagabond in front of an ecstatic crowd of electro-poppers. Churning out reworked tracks from his back catalogue, the Irish-bred, Germany-based producer provided the perfect sonic nightcap after a day of fist pumping with…
Jump around! House of Pain’s touring again. And on April 1, Everlast and Danny Boy are going to jump up, jump up, and get down with you at LIV. Earlier this month, two-thirds of Pain’s original lineup (DJ Lethal’s out working on a new Limp Bizkit record) kicked off a cross-country…
As 18 to 35-year olds with liberal arts degrees, low-paying gigs, and strong stomachs for celebrity train wrecks, we caught part of Dancing With the Stars earlier this week and realized the ABC reality competition show is way out of touch with our alt demographic. Surely we’re not the only…
This weekend, Bicentennial Park will be flooded by an international wave of beatmakers and pookie heads for Ultra Music Festival. But just a half-mile west of downtown’s loudest outdoor fiesta, Shit Robot will pop his Miami cherry Friday at the Vagabond, two days before hitting Ultra’s Heineken Dome. Marcus Lambkin,…
Jamie Kennedy hates hecklers. And if you watched his 2007 documentary, Hecklers, you’d understand why. However, not a lot of people saw it, according to the 40-year-old comic, because after premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, the doc fell under the radar and went straight to DVD. “There’s always going…
It’s Wednesday, and what better way to celebrate hump day than with a collection of morons, right? In this edition of Riptide’s occasional series Morons of the Week, you’ll meet a 92-year-old lady and her hunky, 53-year-old neighbor, as well as a dude who didn’t pass the NY bar. But…
